Is cultured tendon fibroblast a good model to study tendon healing?

Journal of Orthopaedic Research

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 374-383

  Fu, Sai Chuen ^a   Cheuk, Yau Chuk ^a   Chan, Kai Ming ^a   Hung, Leung Kim ^a   Wong, Margaret Wan Nar ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Healing tendon; Tendon fibroblasts

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BIGLYCAN; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 1 ALPHA1; COLLAGEN TYPE 3; COLLAGEN TYPE 3 ALPHA1; CYCLINE; DECORIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ACTIN; SCLEROPROTEIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FIBROBLAST; FIBROBLAST CULTURE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATELLA TENDON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TENDON INJURY; TISSUE REPAIR; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; EVALUATION; GENETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; STANDARD; TIME; WOUND HEALING;

ACTINS; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; FIBROBLASTS; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; RESEARCH DESIGN; RNA, MESSENGER; TENDON INJURIES; TIME FACTORS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 40949127476     PISSN: 07360266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jor.20483     Document Type: Article

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